Drawings & Watercolours
Bray Church Yard
LandscapeDrawing
Details
- Author / creator
- John Varley (British, 1778–1842)
- Object type
- Watercolour
- Date or period
- 1807
- Dimensions summary
- Sheet: 24.9 × 36.9 cm
- Place of origin
- England
- Acquisition method
- Bequest
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by the Hartley Bequest, 1940
- Paper / support
- Wove paper
About this object
The inscription on the reverse of this drawing, "Bray Church Yard-1807," likely refers to St. Michael’s, the parish church in the village of Bray on the banks of the Thames in the county of Berkshire. The banks of the lower Thames Valley provided the subject matter for many of John Varley’s early watercolors. His pursuit of the picturesque led the artist to turn his back on London and its connotations of commerce and industry, focusing instead on the rural aspects of the scene.
Materials and technique
Watercolor and graphite
Signature and marks
inscribed, in graphite, on verso, at lower left: BrayChurch Yard - 1807
